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End of the road for Dollarmites

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... after ASIC handed down a scathing review into school banking programs, finding they failed to teach children financial literacy or the value of money. Following the release of the report, Queensland, Victoria and the ACT quickly moved to ban the programs. ...

Link names head of insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... firm as global head of risk and compliance for RSS. Mills hailed from ASIC where she was a director of its financial literacy board before taking on the superannuation role in 2019.

Actuaries Institute devises director skills checklist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
... particularly on the high-risk areas of the business they direct," the paper states. It's also noted that a strong financial literacy is not the same as having a deep understanding of the business. The two said, it comes down to the complexity of financial ...

Link hires RSS compliance head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
... Retirement & Superannuation Solutions (RSS) division. Theresa Mills joined ASIC in 2016 as a director of its financial literacy board before taking on the superannuation role in 2019. She was previously chief executive of Money101 and executive general ...

Evalesco acquires boutique firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
... much easier for me to make a change. I'm excited to shift my focus to taking the important messages of financial literacy to the broader community via my book and associated programs," he said. Evalesco director Thurecht added that Noall & Co is ...

SMSFA adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... back its former director following the completion of the Retirement Income Review and appointed BT's head of financial literacy & advocacy to its board. Deborah Ralston and Bryan Ashenden have been appointed as non-executive directors. Ralston previously ...

Funds grilled despite record returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... issue - AustralianSuper believes [subscribing] members to The New Daily achieves two objectives. It improves financial literacy... and it improves engagement," Silk said. A survey of AustralianSuper members who had been subscribed to the publication ...

Pandemic delays retirement plans

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... more risk averse compared to those aged 35 and over. "The great recession shaped and continues to shape the financial literacy and behavior of Gen X and Millennials more than a decade later. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic impact will have ...

Poor financial literacy failing young workers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... media for financial advice, a new survey finds that the educational system is failing to provide practical financial literacy skills for students as they navigate the workforce. The financial education gap could be curbed as early as high school education ...

Queensland bans Dollarmites

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... marketing tactics by the banks. In canning the program, Grace said Queensland students already receive extensive financial literacy education and school-banking programs had questionable benefits. "This decision is in the best interests of our students. ...